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Vol. XXXII—No. 13 Friday, April 22, 1955
Pictured above are Al Glenn and Glenn Ogren congratulating each other on the election results.
Al Glenn New Prexy
Ogren Takes Vice Presidency
Senate Cancels All
Future Fellowships
"All student fellowship meetings will be cancelled for the rest
of the school year," was the unanimous decision of the student senate
at their last regular bi-weekly meeting. The action was the outgrowth
of a report presented by Shirley Anderson, chairman of the committee
investigating the success of the meetings. Shirley reported that atten-dance
has been quite poor and that even varying the program and the
structure of the meetings has not helped.
According to the motion on the
floor the meetings will not be re-sumed
next fall unless there is a
definite expression from the stu-dent
body for them. Also included
was the stipulation that only by
sufficient demand and expression
from the student body will they
be resumed this year.
Discussion of the action taken
presented the hope that if stu-dents
really want this type of a
meeting on campus, something will
develop spontaneously, What dev-elopes
thus will probably be just
the type of meeting that will be
successful.
Editor's note: All comments con-cerning
the above action may be
dropped in the "Letters to the Edi-tor"
box.
Freshmen and
Sophomores
Elect Heads
Among the recent elections held
on campus were those of the fresh-man
and sophomore classes. The
freshman class elected the follow-ing
officers for next year: Jack
Tierney, president; Robert Fischer,
vice president; Carol Martinson,
secretary; and Robert Lindaman,
treasurer.
The sophomore students who
will take office are: Linden Mag-nuson,
president; Marie Magnu-son,
vice president; Marjory Peter-son,
secretary; and Nils Friberg,
treasurer.
Elections of the junior class, as
well as dorm elections, are slated
for the near future.
FS Banquet Set
The Freshman-Sophomore ban-quet,
May 13, will feature the Rev.
Gordon Johnson of the Central
Ave. Baptist Church of Chicago as
guest speaker. The banquet, which
will be held in the Dubonnet room
of the Hotel Leamington in Min-neapolis,
is scheduled to begin at
6:30 p.m.
Also participating in the pro-gram
will be Shirley Anderson
and Bailey Anderson on the viola
and cello. The freshman quartette
will sing some numbers.
In charge of decorations for the
banquet are Jim Hansen, Beverly
Bowman, Joel Schintz, Linden
Magnuson, and Adeline Duncan.
Vonnie Ronngren is supervising
the advertising, and Frank Burle-son
is in charge of ticket sales.
Four Pianos
Scheduled
For May 6
A four-piano concert will be
presented in the field house on
Friday, May 6. Miss Mildred Bis-grove
and Mr. C. Howard Smith,
Bethel's music instructors, will
play a two-piano arrangement of
Mozart's Sonata in D. Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Anderson will play a
movement from the Hindemith
Sonata and works of contemporary
composers. Mr. Anderson is an in-structor
in piano and organ.
The piano quartet will play a
Bach concerto and selections from
Brahm's "Liebeslieder Walzer."
Tickets for the concert are now
on sale at the banking window.
The student activities card will
admit Bethel students. Student
wives, other students, and children
will be admitted for 50 cents.
Adult tickets will be $1.00.
Dr. Chad Walsh, professor of
Wisconsin, will bring a series of
message for college chapel at 11:15
Maturity."
Pictured above is Dr. Chad
Walsh, professor of English at
Beloit College, who will bring a
series of lectures on campus. Dr.
Walsh is a reknowned author and
lecturer.
Al Glenn, college sophomore,
was elected president of the Stu-dent
Senate last Wednesday along
with Glenn Ogren, another sopho-more,
as vice president. Other elec-tion
results named Beverly Carl-son
as recording secretary; Retha
Creech as corresponding secretary;
Bill Conrad as treasurer; Lowell
Gardner as finance secretary.
Bud Lee, seminary junior, was
elected as chairman of the Relig-ious
Council with Carla Kern as
secretary.
AL GLENN
Al came to Bethel last year from
the University of Illinois after
serving two years in the U.S. Air
Force. Prior to this he was a mem-ber
of the 1953 God's Invasion
Army. Since coming to Bethel he
has served as a member of the
vice president's standing commit-tee,
and chairman of the Wednes-day
night fellowship committee.
This year he has been busy with
innovations as social council chair-man
which demanded his super-vision
of Homecoming activities,
the Christmas Formal, and the
Valentine Formal.
GLENN OGREN
Glenn has been busy this year
as president of his class, business
manager of the college choir, and
a worker on many of the commit-tees
scarcely recognized on cam-pus.
Same Printer
For Clarion
Next year's editor of the CLAR-ION,
Phil Caldeen, has announced
that the present printers of the
CLARION will be contracted for
next year's work program also.
The Nicollet Printing Co. of Min-neapolis
was contracted earlier
this school year. Since they began
their work there have been num-erous
comments on the overall im-provement
of the physical fea-tures
of the paper.
When the bidding was opened to
the public for next year's work,
the Nicollet Printing Co. offered
the best proposition. The CLAR-ION
is financed through the stu-dent's
inclusive fee of each quar-ter.
English at Beloit College, Beloit,
convocation lectures April 28. His
is entitled, "Yardstick of Religious
At 8:40 a.m., Dr. Walsh will
speak in the seminary chapel on
"The Gospel of Eternity in the
Words of Here and Now." This
relates to communicating the
Christian message in contempor-ary
terms and idioms.
A lecture of primary interest to
literature majors will be in the
college chapel at 1:10 p.m. on
"Modern and Post-Modern
Poetry."
Dr. Walsh graduated from the
University of Virginia and receiv-ed
his Ph.D. from the University
of Michigan. He is the author of
Stop Looking and Listen, C. S.
Lewis: Apostle to the Skeptics,
Campus, Gods on Trial, and Eden
Two-Way (a book of modern
verse), and many other Christian
books and articles.
Last month Dr. Walsh gave a
convocation series at Princeton
Theological Seminar y entitled,
"Christ's Anti-christs."
British Satire
to be Shown
"Nicholas Nickleby," a British
satire on social problems, will be
shown in the college chapel Tues-day,
April 26, at 7:30 p.m. A short,
entitled "Canoe Country," will ac-company
the main film. These
films are presented by the cultural
council.
Four Courts
For Tennis
This July
Plans for the tennis courts will
become a reality this July when
landscaping will begin on the lot
at the corner of Arlington and
Arona. Four fenced-off tennis
courts will be constructed for ap-proximately
$10,000. Rancote, the
material to be used, will be pur-chased
from the Minnesota Min-ing
and Manufacturing Company.
Tennis and volleyball will be
the chief sports played on the
courts. But, according to Mr. Har-old
Lidbom, business manager,
there is a possibility of using it
for an ice-skating rink also.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN:
Norris Magnuson, Student Sen-ate
president, reported that in
the elections held last Wednesday
in the senate office not even half
of the Bethel student body par-ticipated.
Of the over 500 enrolled
there were approximately 230 stu-dents
who voted.
CAMPUS CALENDAR
April 22—Seminary Faculty Social
—Dining Hall-7:30 p.m.
23—College Choir Concert—Or-chestra
Hall, Chicago
26—Cultural Council Meeting —
7:45 p.m.—Chapel
27—Student Fellowship
28—Convocation Chapel — Chad
Walsh-11:15 - 12:15 a.m.
29—Baseball Game — Hamline
—Afternoon
All-School Social — Midway
Y.M.C.A. — 8 p.m.
30—Faculty Get-together —5:30
p.m.
Student Wives Party —
Basement of Edgren Resi-dence-
6:30 p.m.
May 2—R a d i o Club — Physics
Room — 6:30 p.m.
4—Student Fellowship
5—Cultural Council Meeting —
Student Center — 7:45 p.m.
13—Freshman-Sophomore Ban-quet
Seminary Banquet 6:30
p.m.
Chad Walsh To Speak
A Type 0'
Line
Dear Mom,
Thanks for the swell cupcakes,
cakes, donuts, and socks you sent
in the laundry case last week. No,
the stuff hadn't dried out as you
thought it might. In fact, it was
as fresh as if it were from the
oven. Now that it's getting to-wards
Spring I figure it's okay
to use the lighter jackets and so
forth. The laundry is very fine.
Three-day service. My grades are
about what I expected. I could use
more money; so if you can men-tion
it to Dad . . .
Lovingly,
Dear Butch,
Thanks for that little note. If
you have time why not fix up that
bookcase you wrecked. I will be
using it this summer. Plan to do
a little summer studying on my
own. Say, some of that stuff Mom
mailed looked like it had been sent
through a football game. She told
me that you mailed it at the post
office. Little more gentle please.
The weather has been so neat that
I've been getting in plenty of
tennis and social life. I understand
you are doing the same. Remem-ber,
kid, you've got lots of time.
Save your best years. Well, got
to get back to the books . . .
Your brother,
Dear Dad,
Appreciated that cogent admon-ition
suffixed to mother's last
correspondence. As you so aptly
stated, money doesn't grow on
trees and in spite of insuperable
circumstances sometimes, I have
applied your wise words "save
every cent you can." Haven't had
the excessive in extracurricular
engagements and it has produced
a deeper respect for higher learn-ing.
An occasional — very occas-ional
— game of tennis keeps me
in top physical trim. Say, I may
just need a little pecuniary assist-ance
because of the rapidly ap-proaching
banquets and so on. Ap-preciatively,
Your son,
ET TU BRUTE
Literalism has always been
a controversial thorn in the
Evangelical's side. A sem stu-dent
revealed this trait the
other morning at breakfast.
Said another person at the
table, "Have you seen 'Okla-homa'
since it came to town?"
The sem man looked up quiz-zically
from his Grape-Nuts.
"I didn't know they had moved
it."
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THE CLARION Friday, April 22, 1955
Liquidate the Lizards
Concerned about diverting the target of Cupid's spring arrows, the
Bethel student senate decided to face facts bluntly. The blunt result
was an all-out crusade to "liquidate the lizards" from the student lounge,
residential lounges, and other public places.
Those "twitter-pated" couples who so amorously display their af-fections
to each other publicly have been a source of embarrassment
not only to members of the faculty but even to fellow students.
Bethel has always been proud that she doesn't have rules to effect
disciplined behaviour. Let's hope she never has to.
Meetings were arranged to bring the topic to a discussion level
with students. In dormitory meetings it was pointed out that it's not
expecting too much for mature Christians to behave in a mature Christ-ian
manner. The Featherstones stressed to the dormitory groups that
we have an obligation to society when we tend to be so overly
expressive. "They don't get away with stuff like this at the U!" ex-claimed
Mr. Featherstone. "Why should we be so disrespectful with
each other's character here ?"
Dealing with the issue from a religious angle, Dr. Bob stressed
in chapel the moral obligations we have to God. He pointed out that
there's nothing wrong with sex in itself. God gave it to us! But when
we take command over it out of God's hands and use it to our own
lust and sinfulness then we've made it wrong through our selfishness.
He also warned that when young people are ready to marry they look
for pure character in their mates.
All the work of the student senate has been done with genuine
Christian concern about the over-all Christian testimony of campus.
We're all concerned about its testimony, too. But just one pawing,
mauling couple could spoil everything. Just one couple!
What's Wrong a About Rights?
Because of public pressure I find it necessary to write this article
in response to "Women's Rights or Man's Wrongs."
I would like to know why Mr. Fuller is so concerned over the
policy in the women's dormitory ? If the women are so discriminated
against why hasn't the CLARION printed an article by a resident of
Bodien dormitory ? Or hasn't the CLARION received any articles (prior
to Mr. Fuller's) about the mistreatment of the women from the women
themselves ? I wonder if mistreatment really exists ?
If "girls mature at an earlier age than boys," as Mr. Fuller's
article states, what are we to expect. Are we to expect the only ap-proach
the girls use to solve these "unjust" and "unequal" rules, that
"do little more than breed frustration and disobedience" is to maturely
pout in a corner or get together with others who share the same
opinions and thoroughly degrade the regulation system accomplishing
only a feeling of self-righteousness ? Is this the case?
Did Mr. Fuller then or does he now know who makes the policy
for these regulations, the "whys" and "wherefores" for such a policy
or perhaps the need for such regulations ? Do the women residents
know ? If they know these answers and desire a change can no solution
be reached ? If they lack knowledge can they make no inquiries into
these problems ? I wonder if the majority really desire to abandon
rules ? Couldn't a poll be taken among the Bodien residents to establish
their viewpoint?
It seems to me that perhaps Mr. Fuller is not completely informed
and that his article is quite premature. It is the girls' problem affecting
the girls. Why not let the girls handle it ? If they are incompetent in
handling their own problems perhaps they need rules.
I Hate to Write Letters
From the Ohio State Lantern (ACP)
We appeal to all suitors to think of what will happen 50 years
from now when their girl friends look for some memento of the long-past
courting days.
What will they have to recall those honeyed phrases, those amor-ous
adjectives, those professions of undying endearment? Sad to say,
many of them will not be able to recall those moments because most
of the courting arrangements were made over the phone.
How many modern Lotharios take the time to pen their beloved
a note for posterity (and possible evidence in a breach of promise
suit) ? Very few as is proven by the terrible burden on the telephone
lines.
"It's too easy these days to pick up the phone, dial a few numbers
and say in honeyed tones, "Hey Mabel, whatcha doin' tonight? How's
about you and me takin' in a sandwich, huh ?" Write something like that
on paper and Mabel will probably start looking for another Romeo.
The trend toward less and less letter writing is not restricted to
love messages. It is evident in other aspects of our everyday life. Very
rarely do we find people maintaining protracted friendships by mail.
"I just hate to write letters" is becoming the password of the
modern age. As a result, we wonder what biographers are going to
have to work with in coming years. When they choose to write of one
of our generation, they will have to resort to some other medium
for the only letters that they will find probably will be in reply to
magazine subscriptions, insurance premiums and unpaid bills.
In our instance we know of several examples where poor letter
writing ability has caused some of our friends to lose jobs, friends
and, in an extreme case, a fiance.
When we entered the service, it was the first time that we were
actually forced to write letters of any length or for any great duration
of time.
As a result of our lack of practice, we lost two girl friends, alien-ated
the majority of our relatives, -and finally wound up with only
our mother writing to us.
The Sage and I
"Socrates," I said as we set our root beers on a table in the coffee
shop, "something troubleth me."
There was a twinkle in the bard's eye. "Could it be," he said, "that
thou hast been critical of late ?"
"Aye, that I have. Is it evil, good Socrates, for a student to criticize
his professors in what they say and in the way they say it? Certain
of my friends say it is wrong. What sayest thou?"
"What is it that thou and thy classmates are preparing to do ?"
"Most of us plan to be ministers," I answered.
"In thy noble pursuits dost thou have a right to the truth ?"
"Aye, Socrates, that we do."
"Then would not the practice which leads to greatest truth be the
highest duty of both thee and thy classmates ?"
"Not only that, Socrates, but we must as well be delivered from
the grossest untruths."
"Are thy professors infallible ?"
"No man, Socrates."
"Do they always have solid evidence and logic in what they say ?"
"I fear not. Even I have noticed foolish things they'd say."
"Are their styles of delivery beyond improvement ? Shouldest thou
and thy classmates copy them ?"
"I must confess that oft I am somewhat confused and bored."
"Do thy professors always speak words of profit ?"
"Nay, Socrates, it seemeth that matters of high importance are
often missed because things we all know are so oft repeated instead."
"Do you alone see all of the mistakes and all of the weakness in
your professors ?"
"Nay, not at all. I would not have known many had not some of
my classmates mentioned them. In fact, I made some of their mistakes
while teaching my Sunday school class until someone criticized the
people I imitated. Oft I have felt uneasy about a professor's class
but knew not whence this misgiving came. Then a friend ventured
forth to say he felt likewise, and together we discovered why."
"Would not then a right of criticism draw thee and thy classmates
into greater truth if these things be true ? If a quest for the truth
be honorable and essential for thy noble pursuits, would it not rather
be the duty of thy classmates and thee to criticize ?"
seemeth so, good Socrates. But there is another problem. I
have been critical so much that I am fearful of what I myself say. I
am forced to weigh every word I speak."
"Aye, and what discipline could be better for a minister ?"
"But is it not wrong to criticize ?"
"Wherefore ?"
"The Bible forbids us to judge one of another."
"Does it not thus refer to matters of morality, whereas we are
talking of ideas, facts, and techniques ? Is not an educational situation
distinct from other situations ? Even your school makes it thus distinct
in that they give themselves oft to a study of foolish and ungodly
philosophies. The Bible speaks against such study, does it not?"
"Aye, that it does. Indeed an educational situation is distinct.
Such knowledge is vital to our understanding."
"And so is criticism."
"To thee, wise Socrates, I am grateful. No longer shall I hesitate to
criticize freely my professors and those about me."
"Be careful, friend, lest thy critical spirit bring thee curse instead
of blessing. True, it is immoral for man to perpetuate the error of their
ways by condemning criticism. But criticism can work thee ills by re-fusing
truth that is sure. Thou ought not allow a critical view in matters
of intellect lessen thy love for thy fellow Christians. Be wise, and rob
not thyself in thy freedom."
It by Earl Olson
Multifarious indeed are the tales of ghastly wisps and wraiths
which we have seen on some lonely stroll home on an unused road or
through a swamp. Yet however guilty we may be of telling these
stories, we are prone to laugh off these phantasmagoric victims. It
is my purpose neither to destroy nor uphold such stories. I only wish
you to imagine with me the basis for them and come to appreciate the
powers of circumstance. However closely we have come to this lurid
will-of-the-wisp, it slowly slips farther into the foggy blackness of the
subconscious and lures us deeper and deeper into the eerie universe
of phantoms.
In the nighttime goblins play havoc with your mind. Slipping
into the trance of night with its weird fancy, you discover an awe-some
sensation of being engulfed by something imperceptible. Your
thoughts are grasped in a fascination, and they begin wildly probing the
far reaches of the night for hidden spirits. Then a grim message
whispers in your mind:
Is that a looming form I see
Before me in the night?
Nay, 't must be but a mirage
Which plays upon my sight.
The question echoes and re-echoes and magnifies a hundredfold. A
movement is caught out of the corner of your eye. You turn your
head to see the object. There is something there. There must be. It
can be no myth:
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Shadows rise and fall nearby
Hewn from forms against the sky.
Aye, but I know not which
Would be my foe.
My breaths come now in quick, short jerks,
For somewhere in the night it lurks,
But just where amongst the mists
I wish to know.
Be gone thou foe! I say be gone!
But he thinks not 'tis he I call
For I hear no answer
In the least.
Your mind is caught up in a whirlwind of wild phantasy and you see
wisps wafted back into the depths of your nightmare. A numbing chill
radiates through your body, your legs quake, they are weak, your
heart is too light to swallow.
The sheer terror of the something that isn't there is too oft times
real. Fantasy is a sombre wonderworld. A world where imaginations
run amok. It is a world where the myth is truth and the truth myth.
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Dear Editor:
Having noticed the liberal praise
bestowed upon the actors and act-resses
of "King Oedipus," I feel
it is only proper to publicly com-mend
those behind the scenes for
their work. Hope Seffens and
Carol Schnorr did an excellent job
on makeup and Bonnie Carlson,
Katherine Shepherd and Marlys
Malmsten, did, I think, a wonder-ful
job with the costumes. Dave
Johnson, too, put in a lot of time
and did a fine job on the lighting
and ought to be praised for it.
These, I feel, are the major work-ers
although there were others
who ought to be thanked for their
commendable work.
"Anonymous"
Dear Editor:
It would do us well this week to
stop and consider the words "aca-demic
freedom." Unfortunately
not too much has been said about
"Academic Freedom Week" on the
campus. We take academic free-dom
quite for granted. It is worth-while
to pause with the nation in
honor and thankfulness for the
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say what we want. May this be a
small acknowledgement to this
week.
Lynn Crisp
Dear Editor:
The junior class of the college
wishes to thank each one who
worked so hard to make the play
Oedipus Rex such a success.
We also want to thank the stu-dent
body and the faculty .for giv-ing
this new style of drama such
an enthusiastic welcome to Bethel.
John Swanson,
President, junior class
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Sem Banquet
At Olivet
The new Olivet Baptist Church
in Minneapolis will be the scene of
the seminary banquet, May 13,
planned for 6:30 that evening.
Seminary middlemen and juniors
are making preparations for the
banquet at which the Rev. Maurice
Wessman of the Central Baptist
Church of Sioux Falls, South Da-kota,
will speak.
George Makas, violinist from
Northwestern Schools and Dan
Boyer, soloist from First Covenant
Church in Minneapolis will pre-sent
the musical portion of the
program.
A ham dinner will be served by
Mrs. Morpe of the Central Baptist
church as the cateress. Heading
the various committees are Phil
Carlson, program; Ted Johnson,
decorations; and George Galstad,
publicity.
Dr. Paul Homer
Will Lecture
Dr. Paul Holmer will lecture on
the effects of existentialism in the
world of philosophy and theology
May 5, at 8 p.m. in the student
center.
His particular field of specialty
is existentialism philosophy and
Kierkegaard. Dr. Holmer has lec-tured
on this campus earlier this
year and is brought here again
under the program of the cultural
council.
SWEDISH CLUB
The Swedish Club is meeting
April 25 to take a tour to the
Swedish American Institute in
Minneapolis. Afterwards there will
be coffee and refreshments served
here at Bethel. Anyone interested
is invited.
STUDENT WIVES SUPPER
Student Wives are again re-minded
of the hot-dish supper
planned for April 30 at 6:30 p.m.
in the Edgren Residence. This is
the annual social that all Bethel
wives and husbands are invited to
attend.
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Library Survey
of Future Needs
The library was recently sub-jected
to a two-day survey of pre-sent
facilities and future needs.
The library consultant making the
survey was Dr. Ernest J. Reece,
professor emeritus of Columbia
University and former acting dir-ector
of the Illinois University
library school. He was on campus
April 11-13.
Dr. Reece was called in (1) to
determine the immediate needs of
the library and how these can best
be met and (2) to help formulate
a long range expansion and im-provement
program for the lib-rary.
In addition to his work within
the library, Dr. Reece met with
the faculty library committee and
various other faculty members,
and conferred with President
Lundquist and with Miss Axeen,
librarian. He spoke to the united
faculty on Wednesday afternoon,
April 13.
A written report is expected
from Dr. Reece in the near future.
Present plans are that the recom-mendations
for immediate expan-sion
and improvement will be act-ed
upon by next September.
No Phone Calls
If In Library
"Beginning today, April 22, the
use of library telephones will be
restricted to library personnel,"
explained Miss Axeen, librarian.
Attendants will take numbers or
messages which will be given to
students in the library or at the
desk when they enter. However,
no student will be called to the
telephone.
This restriction has been made
in order that the telephone lines
may be kept free for library pur-poses.
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Nels Stjernstrom
Takes Charge of
Public Relations
Nels Stjernstrom, speech in-structor
and male chorus director,
has been appointed full-time pub-lic
relations manager for Bethel
beginning September 1. At pre-sent
Mr. Stjernstrom is associate
pastor of the First Baptist Church
of Minneapolis as well as holding
his part-time position at Bethel.
Through the new office, there
will be an attempt to meet Beth-el's
publicity needs in four spe-cific
areas.
(1) Service to the churches.
Mr. Stjernstrom will schedule
choral groups, gospel teams,
smaller ensembles, and speakers
for various churches in an effort
to minister to the greatest possible
number of people. Coaching var-ious
groups which represent the
school will come under his office.
One of the plans of the office will
be the making of recordings of
outstanding campus talent for the
use of pastors on their radio pro-grams.
(2) Educational counseling.
Through literature, special cam-pus
events, films, and correspon-dence,
educational counsel will be
made available to the youth of the
conference churches.
(3) Informational materials.
Mr. Stjernstrom plans to see
that there is adequate literature
about Bethel on hand. He will re-port
to newspapers and make use
of advertisements, bulletins, audio-visual
materials, and posters.
(4) Alumni follow-up.
Giving some direct staff leader-ship
to Bethel's alumni fellowship,
Mr. Stjernstrom will arrange alu-mni
get-togethers, special activi-ties,
bulletins, and homecoming
features as part of his duties.
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Page 4 THE CLARION Friday, April 22, 1955
Sprink's Spurts
It is an interesting and sometimes amusing phenomena that, per-sistently,
year in and year out the rumor is voiced around that next
year's athletic teams will be greatly improved. Or the rumor persists
that some outstanding prep player is headed for dear old Bethel. Next
year rolls around and no sign of that all-state, all-religional, or all-city
ballplayer. Nevertheless, it must be pointed out that the fellows that
do turn out for sports, even though lacking an all-something before
their names, are out trying day in and day out like any all-American.
However, most of us realize that there will not be a steady stream
of star prep players for several years, if ever. One reason is the lack
of an educational program. But a quick perusal of a recent article in
the Clarion seems to indicate an encouraging trend. This article indi-cated
the vocational as well as extra-curricular choices of one hundred
and seventy-two prospective students.
It was stated that around 14% of the prospective students (this
included both male and female) were interested in phusical education
as their vocational choice.
In extra-curricular activities, around 43% of those interviewed
were interested in athletic competition, whether inter-collegiate or intra-mural.
These figures would seem to indicate no dearth of material in
coming years, if the necessary programs are available. And one neces-sary
program as indicated by 34% of the prospectives is education.
We must quickly add that the installation of an education program
will not insure immediate or glorious success. Coaching along with
material is a necessary requisite in any athletic program. The players
will progress little beyond the instructions of the coach.
Though we will never be assured of a steady influx of stars, we
can be assured of material, if and when the program materializes.
Thought for the Day: Dale Larson and Bob Singleton, while tripping
the light fantastic around second base, provide Bethel with a,
fine keystone combination.
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
by Did( Mier
Hey, Borg, quit follin' around with that shotput!!
In Value
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
9th and Wacouta Saint Paul
"TRUE TO THE FAITH — COOPERATIVE IN SPIRIT"
Dr. Pieter Smit, D.D., Minister — Miss Carol Schmidt, Youth Leader
Sunday School, 9:45 A.M. — Morning Worship, 11:00 A.M.
Youth Fellowship Supper, 5:30 P.M. — Youth Meetings, 6:00 P.M.
Gospel Service, 7:00 P.M. — Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, 7:00 P.M.
THE PLAZA DRUGS
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Baseball Squad
WinsScrimmage
With Minnehaha
In an informal scrimmage, Ap-ril
13, Bethel's baseball team edg-ed
Minnehaha Academy, 7-6, at
Como. Both teams played with ac-tual
game seriousness since Bethel
realized how ridiculous they would
appear losing to a high school, and
the Academy wanted to add a col-lege
to their list of victims.
Minnehaha took a two run lead
in the second on a walk, two hits,
and two errors. Bethel scored four
runs in the fourth inning and
three more in the fifth. In the top
of the seventh, a combination of
walks, passed balls and two hits
gave Minnehaha four more runs.
Burleson, however, got tough and
fanned the last batter to give
Bethel the victory.
Both teams played poor ball
with errors allowing most of the
runs. The bright spot in the game
was Brunzel's fine hitting. He got
two hits and hit the ball hard on
two other occasions.
The scrimmage showed Bethel's
weakness at the plate which will
have to be improved before the
first game which is against Con-cordia
April 25.
Track Team
In Carleton
Meet Today
The track team is competing in
the Carlton relays this afternoon
with a squad of twelve making the
trip.
The Royals will enter the fol-lowing
events: 100 yd. dash (Yost,
Beard, Thomas); 1 mile (Hegle);
sprint medley (Moore, Yost, Erick-son,
Beard); distance medley (Gei-ger,
Cedar Seaquist, Hegle) ; mile
relay ( Cedar, Seaquist, Moore,
Reinholdt) ; 880 yd. relay (Yost,
Moore, Thomas, Beard) ; 2 mile
relay (Hegle, Geiger, Seaquist,
Erickson) ; shot put and discus
(MacDonell); high jump (Yost,
Dahlquist) ; and broad jump
(Thomas).
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Netmen Increase Action
The tennis squad has been renewing their practice efforts in order
to get their game well in hand before scheduled games begin, reports
tennis coach, Cal Edlund. He added that practice has been very en-couraging.
However, it must be said in defense of the squad that too much
should not be expected of them. The netmen have four returning veter-ans
along with some interesting newcomers. The returning veterans
include player-coach Cal Edlund who is. a seminary middleman, Bud
Lee, a seminary junior, Paul Sandberg, a college sophomore, and Henry
Pedersen, also a college sophomore.
The interesting newcomers include Louis Schultz, who is also play-ing
golf, Dave Noland, who is doubling in track, Bob Fisher and Allen
Mesko.
Cal Edlund reports that six men will be carried on the squad. Play-offs
are to be held next week to determine positions. The six positions
will include two doubles' teams.
There has been some difficulty in securing adequate practice space.
However, the team has alternated between Hamline field and Como Park.
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the CLARION
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Vol. XXXII—No. 13 Friday, April 22, 1955
Pictured above are Al Glenn and Glenn Ogren congratulating each other on the election results.
Al Glenn New Prexy
Ogren Takes Vice Presidency
Senate Cancels All
Future Fellowships
"All student fellowship meetings will be cancelled for the rest
of the school year," was the unanimous decision of the student senate
at their last regular bi-weekly meeting. The action was the outgrowth
of a report presented by Shirley Anderson, chairman of the committee
investigating the success of the meetings. Shirley reported that atten-dance
has been quite poor and that even varying the program and the
structure of the meetings has not helped.
According to the motion on the
floor the meetings will not be re-sumed
next fall unless there is a
definite expression from the stu-dent
body for them. Also included
was the stipulation that only by
sufficient demand and expression
from the student body will they
be resumed this year.
Discussion of the action taken
presented the hope that if stu-dents
really want this type of a
meeting on campus, something will
develop spontaneously, What dev-elopes
thus will probably be just
the type of meeting that will be
successful.
Editor's note: All comments con-cerning
the above action may be
dropped in the "Letters to the Edi-tor"
box.
Freshmen and
Sophomores
Elect Heads
Among the recent elections held
on campus were those of the fresh-man
and sophomore classes. The
freshman class elected the follow-ing
officers for next year: Jack
Tierney, president; Robert Fischer,
vice president; Carol Martinson,
secretary; and Robert Lindaman,
treasurer.
The sophomore students who
will take office are: Linden Mag-nuson,
president; Marie Magnu-son,
vice president; Marjory Peter-son,
secretary; and Nils Friberg,
treasurer.
Elections of the junior class, as
well as dorm elections, are slated
for the near future.
FS Banquet Set
The Freshman-Sophomore ban-quet,
May 13, will feature the Rev.
Gordon Johnson of the Central
Ave. Baptist Church of Chicago as
guest speaker. The banquet, which
will be held in the Dubonnet room
of the Hotel Leamington in Min-neapolis,
is scheduled to begin at
6:30 p.m.
Also participating in the pro-gram
will be Shirley Anderson
and Bailey Anderson on the viola
and cello. The freshman quartette
will sing some numbers.
In charge of decorations for the
banquet are Jim Hansen, Beverly
Bowman, Joel Schintz, Linden
Magnuson, and Adeline Duncan.
Vonnie Ronngren is supervising
the advertising, and Frank Burle-son
is in charge of ticket sales.
Four Pianos
Scheduled
For May 6
A four-piano concert will be
presented in the field house on
Friday, May 6. Miss Mildred Bis-grove
and Mr. C. Howard Smith,
Bethel's music instructors, will
play a two-piano arrangement of
Mozart's Sonata in D. Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Anderson will play a
movement from the Hindemith
Sonata and works of contemporary
composers. Mr. Anderson is an in-structor
in piano and organ.
The piano quartet will play a
Bach concerto and selections from
Brahm's "Liebeslieder Walzer."
Tickets for the concert are now
on sale at the banking window.
The student activities card will
admit Bethel students. Student
wives, other students, and children
will be admitted for 50 cents.
Adult tickets will be $1.00.
Dr. Chad Walsh, professor of
Wisconsin, will bring a series of
message for college chapel at 11:15
Maturity."
Pictured above is Dr. Chad
Walsh, professor of English at
Beloit College, who will bring a
series of lectures on campus. Dr.
Walsh is a reknowned author and
lecturer.
Al Glenn, college sophomore,
was elected president of the Stu-dent
Senate last Wednesday along
with Glenn Ogren, another sopho-more,
as vice president. Other elec-tion
results named Beverly Carl-son
as recording secretary; Retha
Creech as corresponding secretary;
Bill Conrad as treasurer; Lowell
Gardner as finance secretary.
Bud Lee, seminary junior, was
elected as chairman of the Relig-ious
Council with Carla Kern as
secretary.
AL GLENN
Al came to Bethel last year from
the University of Illinois after
serving two years in the U.S. Air
Force. Prior to this he was a mem-ber
of the 1953 God's Invasion
Army. Since coming to Bethel he
has served as a member of the
vice president's standing commit-tee,
and chairman of the Wednes-day
night fellowship committee.
This year he has been busy with
innovations as social council chair-man
which demanded his super-vision
of Homecoming activities,
the Christmas Formal, and the
Valentine Formal.
GLENN OGREN
Glenn has been busy this year
as president of his class, business
manager of the college choir, and
a worker on many of the commit-tees
scarcely recognized on cam-pus.
Same Printer
For Clarion
Next year's editor of the CLAR-ION,
Phil Caldeen, has announced
that the present printers of the
CLARION will be contracted for
next year's work program also.
The Nicollet Printing Co. of Min-neapolis
was contracted earlier
this school year. Since they began
their work there have been num-erous
comments on the overall im-provement
of the physical fea-tures
of the paper.
When the bidding was opened to
the public for next year's work,
the Nicollet Printing Co. offered
the best proposition. The CLAR-ION
is financed through the stu-dent's
inclusive fee of each quar-ter.
English at Beloit College, Beloit,
convocation lectures April 28. His
is entitled, "Yardstick of Religious
At 8:40 a.m., Dr. Walsh will
speak in the seminary chapel on
"The Gospel of Eternity in the
Words of Here and Now." This
relates to communicating the
Christian message in contempor-ary
terms and idioms.
A lecture of primary interest to
literature majors will be in the
college chapel at 1:10 p.m. on
"Modern and Post-Modern
Poetry."
Dr. Walsh graduated from the
University of Virginia and receiv-ed
his Ph.D. from the University
of Michigan. He is the author of
Stop Looking and Listen, C. S.
Lewis: Apostle to the Skeptics,
Campus, Gods on Trial, and Eden
Two-Way (a book of modern
verse), and many other Christian
books and articles.
Last month Dr. Walsh gave a
convocation series at Princeton
Theological Seminar y entitled,
"Christ's Anti-christs."
British Satire
to be Shown
"Nicholas Nickleby," a British
satire on social problems, will be
shown in the college chapel Tues-day,
April 26, at 7:30 p.m. A short,
entitled "Canoe Country," will ac-company
the main film. These
films are presented by the cultural
council.
Four Courts
For Tennis
This July
Plans for the tennis courts will
become a reality this July when
landscaping will begin on the lot
at the corner of Arlington and
Arona. Four fenced-off tennis
courts will be constructed for ap-proximately
$10,000. Rancote, the
material to be used, will be pur-chased
from the Minnesota Min-ing
and Manufacturing Company.
Tennis and volleyball will be
the chief sports played on the
courts. But, according to Mr. Har-old
Lidbom, business manager,
there is a possibility of using it
for an ice-skating rink also.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN:
Norris Magnuson, Student Sen-ate
president, reported that in
the elections held last Wednesday
in the senate office not even half
of the Bethel student body par-ticipated.
Of the over 500 enrolled
there were approximately 230 stu-dents
who voted.
CAMPUS CALENDAR
April 22—Seminary Faculty Social
—Dining Hall-7:30 p.m.
23—College Choir Concert—Or-chestra
Hall, Chicago
26—Cultural Council Meeting —
7:45 p.m.—Chapel
27—Student Fellowship
28—Convocation Chapel — Chad
Walsh-11:15 - 12:15 a.m.
29—Baseball Game — Hamline
—Afternoon
All-School Social — Midway
Y.M.C.A. — 8 p.m.
30—Faculty Get-together —5:30
p.m.
Student Wives Party —
Basement of Edgren Resi-dence-
6:30 p.m.
May 2—R a d i o Club — Physics
Room — 6:30 p.m.
4—Student Fellowship
5—Cultural Council Meeting —
Student Center — 7:45 p.m.
13—Freshman-Sophomore Ban-quet
Seminary Banquet 6:30
p.m.
Chad Walsh To Speak
A Type 0'
Line
Dear Mom,
Thanks for the swell cupcakes,
cakes, donuts, and socks you sent
in the laundry case last week. No,
the stuff hadn't dried out as you
thought it might. In fact, it was
as fresh as if it were from the
oven. Now that it's getting to-wards
Spring I figure it's okay
to use the lighter jackets and so
forth. The laundry is very fine.
Three-day service. My grades are
about what I expected. I could use
more money; so if you can men-tion
it to Dad . . .
Lovingly,
Dear Butch,
Thanks for that little note. If
you have time why not fix up that
bookcase you wrecked. I will be
using it this summer. Plan to do
a little summer studying on my
own. Say, some of that stuff Mom
mailed looked like it had been sent
through a football game. She told
me that you mailed it at the post
office. Little more gentle please.
The weather has been so neat that
I've been getting in plenty of
tennis and social life. I understand
you are doing the same. Remem-ber,
kid, you've got lots of time.
Save your best years. Well, got
to get back to the books . . .
Your brother,
Dear Dad,
Appreciated that cogent admon-ition
suffixed to mother's last
correspondence. As you so aptly
stated, money doesn't grow on
trees and in spite of insuperable
circumstances sometimes, I have
applied your wise words "save
every cent you can." Haven't had
the excessive in extracurricular
engagements and it has produced
a deeper respect for higher learn-ing.
An occasional — very occas-ional
— game of tennis keeps me
in top physical trim. Say, I may
just need a little pecuniary assist-ance
because of the rapidly ap-proaching
banquets and so on. Ap-preciatively,
Your son,
ET TU BRUTE
Literalism has always been
a controversial thorn in the
Evangelical's side. A sem stu-dent
revealed this trait the
other morning at breakfast.
Said another person at the
table, "Have you seen 'Okla-homa'
since it came to town?"
The sem man looked up quiz-zically
from his Grape-Nuts.
"I didn't know they had moved
it."
Page 2
THE CLARION Friday, April 22, 1955
Liquidate the Lizards
Concerned about diverting the target of Cupid's spring arrows, the
Bethel student senate decided to face facts bluntly. The blunt result
was an all-out crusade to "liquidate the lizards" from the student lounge,
residential lounges, and other public places.
Those "twitter-pated" couples who so amorously display their af-fections
to each other publicly have been a source of embarrassment
not only to members of the faculty but even to fellow students.
Bethel has always been proud that she doesn't have rules to effect
disciplined behaviour. Let's hope she never has to.
Meetings were arranged to bring the topic to a discussion level
with students. In dormitory meetings it was pointed out that it's not
expecting too much for mature Christians to behave in a mature Christ-ian
manner. The Featherstones stressed to the dormitory groups that
we have an obligation to society when we tend to be so overly
expressive. "They don't get away with stuff like this at the U!" ex-claimed
Mr. Featherstone. "Why should we be so disrespectful with
each other's character here ?"
Dealing with the issue from a religious angle, Dr. Bob stressed
in chapel the moral obligations we have to God. He pointed out that
there's nothing wrong with sex in itself. God gave it to us! But when
we take command over it out of God's hands and use it to our own
lust and sinfulness then we've made it wrong through our selfishness.
He also warned that when young people are ready to marry they look
for pure character in their mates.
All the work of the student senate has been done with genuine
Christian concern about the over-all Christian testimony of campus.
We're all concerned about its testimony, too. But just one pawing,
mauling couple could spoil everything. Just one couple!
What's Wrong a About Rights?
Because of public pressure I find it necessary to write this article
in response to "Women's Rights or Man's Wrongs."
I would like to know why Mr. Fuller is so concerned over the
policy in the women's dormitory ? If the women are so discriminated
against why hasn't the CLARION printed an article by a resident of
Bodien dormitory ? Or hasn't the CLARION received any articles (prior
to Mr. Fuller's) about the mistreatment of the women from the women
themselves ? I wonder if mistreatment really exists ?
If "girls mature at an earlier age than boys," as Mr. Fuller's
article states, what are we to expect. Are we to expect the only ap-proach
the girls use to solve these "unjust" and "unequal" rules, that
"do little more than breed frustration and disobedience" is to maturely
pout in a corner or get together with others who share the same
opinions and thoroughly degrade the regulation system accomplishing
only a feeling of self-righteousness ? Is this the case?
Did Mr. Fuller then or does he now know who makes the policy
for these regulations, the "whys" and "wherefores" for such a policy
or perhaps the need for such regulations ? Do the women residents
know ? If they know these answers and desire a change can no solution
be reached ? If they lack knowledge can they make no inquiries into
these problems ? I wonder if the majority really desire to abandon
rules ? Couldn't a poll be taken among the Bodien residents to establish
their viewpoint?
It seems to me that perhaps Mr. Fuller is not completely informed
and that his article is quite premature. It is the girls' problem affecting
the girls. Why not let the girls handle it ? If they are incompetent in
handling their own problems perhaps they need rules.
I Hate to Write Letters
From the Ohio State Lantern (ACP)
We appeal to all suitors to think of what will happen 50 years
from now when their girl friends look for some memento of the long-past
courting days.
What will they have to recall those honeyed phrases, those amor-ous
adjectives, those professions of undying endearment? Sad to say,
many of them will not be able to recall those moments because most
of the courting arrangements were made over the phone.
How many modern Lotharios take the time to pen their beloved
a note for posterity (and possible evidence in a breach of promise
suit) ? Very few as is proven by the terrible burden on the telephone
lines.
"It's too easy these days to pick up the phone, dial a few numbers
and say in honeyed tones, "Hey Mabel, whatcha doin' tonight? How's
about you and me takin' in a sandwich, huh ?" Write something like that
on paper and Mabel will probably start looking for another Romeo.
The trend toward less and less letter writing is not restricted to
love messages. It is evident in other aspects of our everyday life. Very
rarely do we find people maintaining protracted friendships by mail.
"I just hate to write letters" is becoming the password of the
modern age. As a result, we wonder what biographers are going to
have to work with in coming years. When they choose to write of one
of our generation, they will have to resort to some other medium
for the only letters that they will find probably will be in reply to
magazine subscriptions, insurance premiums and unpaid bills.
In our instance we know of several examples where poor letter
writing ability has caused some of our friends to lose jobs, friends
and, in an extreme case, a fiance.
When we entered the service, it was the first time that we were
actually forced to write letters of any length or for any great duration
of time.
As a result of our lack of practice, we lost two girl friends, alien-ated
the majority of our relatives, -and finally wound up with only
our mother writing to us.
The Sage and I
"Socrates," I said as we set our root beers on a table in the coffee
shop, "something troubleth me."
There was a twinkle in the bard's eye. "Could it be," he said, "that
thou hast been critical of late ?"
"Aye, that I have. Is it evil, good Socrates, for a student to criticize
his professors in what they say and in the way they say it? Certain
of my friends say it is wrong. What sayest thou?"
"What is it that thou and thy classmates are preparing to do ?"
"Most of us plan to be ministers," I answered.
"In thy noble pursuits dost thou have a right to the truth ?"
"Aye, Socrates, that we do."
"Then would not the practice which leads to greatest truth be the
highest duty of both thee and thy classmates ?"
"Not only that, Socrates, but we must as well be delivered from
the grossest untruths."
"Are thy professors infallible ?"
"No man, Socrates."
"Do they always have solid evidence and logic in what they say ?"
"I fear not. Even I have noticed foolish things they'd say."
"Are their styles of delivery beyond improvement ? Shouldest thou
and thy classmates copy them ?"
"I must confess that oft I am somewhat confused and bored."
"Do thy professors always speak words of profit ?"
"Nay, Socrates, it seemeth that matters of high importance are
often missed because things we all know are so oft repeated instead."
"Do you alone see all of the mistakes and all of the weakness in
your professors ?"
"Nay, not at all. I would not have known many had not some of
my classmates mentioned them. In fact, I made some of their mistakes
while teaching my Sunday school class until someone criticized the
people I imitated. Oft I have felt uneasy about a professor's class
but knew not whence this misgiving came. Then a friend ventured
forth to say he felt likewise, and together we discovered why."
"Would not then a right of criticism draw thee and thy classmates
into greater truth if these things be true ? If a quest for the truth
be honorable and essential for thy noble pursuits, would it not rather
be the duty of thy classmates and thee to criticize ?"
seemeth so, good Socrates. But there is another problem. I
have been critical so much that I am fearful of what I myself say. I
am forced to weigh every word I speak."
"Aye, and what discipline could be better for a minister ?"
"But is it not wrong to criticize ?"
"Wherefore ?"
"The Bible forbids us to judge one of another."
"Does it not thus refer to matters of morality, whereas we are
talking of ideas, facts, and techniques ? Is not an educational situation
distinct from other situations ? Even your school makes it thus distinct
in that they give themselves oft to a study of foolish and ungodly
philosophies. The Bible speaks against such study, does it not?"
"Aye, that it does. Indeed an educational situation is distinct.
Such knowledge is vital to our understanding."
"And so is criticism."
"To thee, wise Socrates, I am grateful. No longer shall I hesitate to
criticize freely my professors and those about me."
"Be careful, friend, lest thy critical spirit bring thee curse instead
of blessing. True, it is immoral for man to perpetuate the error of their
ways by condemning criticism. But criticism can work thee ills by re-fusing
truth that is sure. Thou ought not allow a critical view in matters
of intellect lessen thy love for thy fellow Christians. Be wise, and rob
not thyself in thy freedom."
It by Earl Olson
Multifarious indeed are the tales of ghastly wisps and wraiths
which we have seen on some lonely stroll home on an unused road or
through a swamp. Yet however guilty we may be of telling these
stories, we are prone to laugh off these phantasmagoric victims. It
is my purpose neither to destroy nor uphold such stories. I only wish
you to imagine with me the basis for them and come to appreciate the
powers of circumstance. However closely we have come to this lurid
will-of-the-wisp, it slowly slips farther into the foggy blackness of the
subconscious and lures us deeper and deeper into the eerie universe
of phantoms.
In the nighttime goblins play havoc with your mind. Slipping
into the trance of night with its weird fancy, you discover an awe-some
sensation of being engulfed by something imperceptible. Your
thoughts are grasped in a fascination, and they begin wildly probing the
far reaches of the night for hidden spirits. Then a grim message
whispers in your mind:
Is that a looming form I see
Before me in the night?
Nay, 't must be but a mirage
Which plays upon my sight.
The question echoes and re-echoes and magnifies a hundredfold. A
movement is caught out of the corner of your eye. You turn your
head to see the object. There is something there. There must be. It
can be no myth:
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Hewn from forms against the sky.
Aye, but I know not which
Would be my foe.
My breaths come now in quick, short jerks,
For somewhere in the night it lurks,
But just where amongst the mists
I wish to know.
Be gone thou foe! I say be gone!
But he thinks not 'tis he I call
For I hear no answer
In the least.
Your mind is caught up in a whirlwind of wild phantasy and you see
wisps wafted back into the depths of your nightmare. A numbing chill
radiates through your body, your legs quake, they are weak, your
heart is too light to swallow.
The sheer terror of the something that isn't there is too oft times
real. Fantasy is a sombre wonderworld. A world where imaginations
run amok. It is a world where the myth is truth and the truth myth.
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Dear Editor:
Having noticed the liberal praise
bestowed upon the actors and act-resses
of "King Oedipus," I feel
it is only proper to publicly com-mend
those behind the scenes for
their work. Hope Seffens and
Carol Schnorr did an excellent job
on makeup and Bonnie Carlson,
Katherine Shepherd and Marlys
Malmsten, did, I think, a wonder-ful
job with the costumes. Dave
Johnson, too, put in a lot of time
and did a fine job on the lighting
and ought to be praised for it.
These, I feel, are the major work-ers
although there were others
who ought to be thanked for their
commendable work.
"Anonymous"
Dear Editor:
It would do us well this week to
stop and consider the words "aca-demic
freedom." Unfortunately
not too much has been said about
"Academic Freedom Week" on the
campus. We take academic free-dom
quite for granted. It is worth-while
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Dear Editor:
The junior class of the college
wishes to thank each one who
worked so hard to make the play
Oedipus Rex such a success.
We also want to thank the stu-dent
body and the faculty .for giv-ing
this new style of drama such
an enthusiastic welcome to Bethel.
John Swanson,
President, junior class
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the seminary banquet, May 13,
planned for 6:30 that evening.
Seminary middlemen and juniors
are making preparations for the
banquet at which the Rev. Maurice
Wessman of the Central Baptist
Church of Sioux Falls, South Da-kota,
will speak.
George Makas, violinist from
Northwestern Schools and Dan
Boyer, soloist from First Covenant
Church in Minneapolis will pre-sent
the musical portion of the
program.
A ham dinner will be served by
Mrs. Morpe of the Central Baptist
church as the cateress. Heading
the various committees are Phil
Carlson, program; Ted Johnson,
decorations; and George Galstad,
publicity.
Dr. Paul Homer
Will Lecture
Dr. Paul Holmer will lecture on
the effects of existentialism in the
world of philosophy and theology
May 5, at 8 p.m. in the student
center.
His particular field of specialty
is existentialism philosophy and
Kierkegaard. Dr. Holmer has lec-tured
on this campus earlier this
year and is brought here again
under the program of the cultural
council.
SWEDISH CLUB
The Swedish Club is meeting
April 25 to take a tour to the
Swedish American Institute in
Minneapolis. Afterwards there will
be coffee and refreshments served
here at Bethel. Anyone interested
is invited.
STUDENT WIVES SUPPER
Student Wives are again re-minded
of the hot-dish supper
planned for April 30 at 6:30 p.m.
in the Edgren Residence. This is
the annual social that all Bethel
wives and husbands are invited to
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Library Survey
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The library was recently sub-jected
to a two-day survey of pre-sent
facilities and future needs.
The library consultant making the
survey was Dr. Ernest J. Reece,
professor emeritus of Columbia
University and former acting dir-ector
of the Illinois University
library school. He was on campus
April 11-13.
Dr. Reece was called in (1) to
determine the immediate needs of
the library and how these can best
be met and (2) to help formulate
a long range expansion and im-provement
program for the lib-rary.
In addition to his work within
the library, Dr. Reece met with
the faculty library committee and
various other faculty members,
and conferred with President
Lundquist and with Miss Axeen,
librarian. He spoke to the united
faculty on Wednesday afternoon,
April 13.
A written report is expected
from Dr. Reece in the near future.
Present plans are that the recom-mendations
for immediate expan-sion
and improvement will be act-ed
upon by next September.
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If In Library
"Beginning today, April 22, the
use of library telephones will be
restricted to library personnel,"
explained Miss Axeen, librarian.
Attendants will take numbers or
messages which will be given to
students in the library or at the
desk when they enter. However,
no student will be called to the
telephone.
This restriction has been made
in order that the telephone lines
may be kept free for library pur-poses.
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Nels Stjernstrom, speech in-structor
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has been appointed full-time pub-lic
relations manager for Bethel
beginning September 1. At pre-sent
Mr. Stjernstrom is associate
pastor of the First Baptist Church
of Minneapolis as well as holding
his part-time position at Bethel.
Through the new office, there
will be an attempt to meet Beth-el's
publicity needs in four spe-cific
areas.
(1) Service to the churches.
Mr. Stjernstrom will schedule
choral groups, gospel teams,
smaller ensembles, and speakers
for various churches in an effort
to minister to the greatest possible
number of people. Coaching var-ious
groups which represent the
school will come under his office.
One of the plans of the office will
be the making of recordings of
outstanding campus talent for the
use of pastors on their radio pro-grams.
(2) Educational counseling.
Through literature, special cam-pus
events, films, and correspon-dence,
educational counsel will be
made available to the youth of the
conference churches.
(3) Informational materials.
Mr. Stjernstrom plans to see
that there is adequate literature
about Bethel on hand. He will re-port
to newspapers and make use
of advertisements, bulletins, audio-visual
materials, and posters.
(4) Alumni follow-up.
Giving some direct staff leader-ship
to Bethel's alumni fellowship,
Mr. Stjernstrom will arrange alu-mni
get-togethers, special activi-ties,
bulletins, and homecoming
features as part of his duties.
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Sprink's Spurts
It is an interesting and sometimes amusing phenomena that, per-sistently,
year in and year out the rumor is voiced around that next
year's athletic teams will be greatly improved. Or the rumor persists
that some outstanding prep player is headed for dear old Bethel. Next
year rolls around and no sign of that all-state, all-religional, or all-city
ballplayer. Nevertheless, it must be pointed out that the fellows that
do turn out for sports, even though lacking an all-something before
their names, are out trying day in and day out like any all-American.
However, most of us realize that there will not be a steady stream
of star prep players for several years, if ever. One reason is the lack
of an educational program. But a quick perusal of a recent article in
the Clarion seems to indicate an encouraging trend. This article indi-cated
the vocational as well as extra-curricular choices of one hundred
and seventy-two prospective students.
It was stated that around 14% of the prospective students (this
included both male and female) were interested in phusical education
as their vocational choice.
In extra-curricular activities, around 43% of those interviewed
were interested in athletic competition, whether inter-collegiate or intra-mural.
These figures would seem to indicate no dearth of material in
coming years, if the necessary programs are available. And one neces-sary
program as indicated by 34% of the prospectives is education.
We must quickly add that the installation of an education program
will not insure immediate or glorious success. Coaching along with
material is a necessary requisite in any athletic program. The players
will progress little beyond the instructions of the coach.
Though we will never be assured of a steady influx of stars, we
can be assured of material, if and when the program materializes.
Thought for the Day: Dale Larson and Bob Singleton, while tripping
the light fantastic around second base, provide Bethel with a,
fine keystone combination.
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
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Baseball Squad
WinsScrimmage
With Minnehaha
In an informal scrimmage, Ap-ril
13, Bethel's baseball team edg-ed
Minnehaha Academy, 7-6, at
Como. Both teams played with ac-tual
game seriousness since Bethel
realized how ridiculous they would
appear losing to a high school, and
the Academy wanted to add a col-lege
to their list of victims.
Minnehaha took a two run lead
in the second on a walk, two hits,
and two errors. Bethel scored four
runs in the fourth inning and
three more in the fifth. In the top
of the seventh, a combination of
walks, passed balls and two hits
gave Minnehaha four more runs.
Burleson, however, got tough and
fanned the last batter to give
Bethel the victory.
Both teams played poor ball
with errors allowing most of the
runs. The bright spot in the game
was Brunzel's fine hitting. He got
two hits and hit the ball hard on
two other occasions.
The scrimmage showed Bethel's
weakness at the plate which will
have to be improved before the
first game which is against Con-cordia
April 25.
Track Team
In Carleton
Meet Today
The track team is competing in
the Carlton relays this afternoon
with a squad of twelve making the
trip.
The Royals will enter the fol-lowing
events: 100 yd. dash (Yost,
Beard, Thomas); 1 mile (Hegle);
sprint medley (Moore, Yost, Erick-son,
Beard); distance medley (Gei-ger,
Cedar Seaquist, Hegle) ; mile
relay ( Cedar, Seaquist, Moore,
Reinholdt) ; 880 yd. relay (Yost,
Moore, Thomas, Beard) ; 2 mile
relay (Hegle, Geiger, Seaquist,
Erickson) ; shot put and discus
(MacDonell); high jump (Yost,
Dahlquist) ; and broad jump
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The tennis squad has been renewing their practice efforts in order
to get their game well in hand before scheduled games begin, reports
tennis coach, Cal Edlund. He added that practice has been very en-couraging.
However, it must be said in defense of the squad that too much
should not be expected of them. The netmen have four returning veter-ans
along with some interesting newcomers. The returning veterans
include player-coach Cal Edlund who is. a seminary middleman, Bud
Lee, a seminary junior, Paul Sandberg, a college sophomore, and Henry
Pedersen, also a college sophomore.
The interesting newcomers include Louis Schultz, who is also play-ing
golf, Dave Noland, who is doubling in track, Bob Fisher and Allen
Mesko.
Cal Edlund reports that six men will be carried on the squad. Play-offs
are to be held next week to determine positions. The six positions
will include two doubles' teams.
There has been some difficulty in securing adequate practice space.
However, the team has alternated between Hamline field and Como Park.
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